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= Starting The Year Right =



== Intentional and effective teachers have found the first days of a school year are critical to the levels of success their classes will achieve. Research indicates the amount of preparation a teacher devotes to the beginning minutes and days of a new school year will be evident by the behavior and achievement of the students, and directly correlates to the effectiveness of the learning environment. ==

====Harry K. Wong is the most sought after speaker in education today, booked from two to four years into the future. Harry K. Wong has given some 3500 presentations to over a million people. Harry K. Wong has been the general session speaker at every major educational meeting and the Toastmasters International. His lectures have taken him to every American state and Canadian province and to Europe, Asia, South America, Africa, and Antarctica.==== ==== ====

====Harry K. Wong is a former secondary science teacher and as a classroom teacher, he developed methods which resulted in his having no discipline problems, a zero dropout rate, a 95% homework turn-in factor, and the ability to demonstrate mastery learning for each of his students====

====According to Harry Wong, the first days of school can make or break a teacher. What a teacher does and does not do the first few days of a school year, will impact the classroom the rest of the year. Teacher education rarely prepares an incoming teacher for noninstructional tasks. Strategies on how maintain discipline, conduct a parent teacher conference, teach effective procedures and routines, and deal with negative and enery-draining students and colleagues will have to be learned on the job.====

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